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W. E. TAYL0R-' SARDINE CAN.

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Nrrnn STATES PAT WILLIAM E. TAYLOR, 0F EASTPORT, MAINE,.ASSIG1 TOB TO AMERICAN CAN COMPANY,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

SARDINE-GAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 9, 1913.

Application filed. October 1, 1910. Serial No. 584,787.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States, residing in Eastport, in the county of Washington and State of Maine, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sardine-Cans, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in sardine cans.

The object of my invention is toprovide an improved construction of sheet metal can for sardines, which. may be manufactured rapidly and cheaply, readily closed hermetically tight by a soldered seam, after being filled, without danger of injury to the contents, and which may be conveniently and easily opened without mutilation of the contents and without the necessity of any special key or scoring of the sheet metal, by means of an ordinary can opener or cutting implement.

My invention consists in the means here in shown and described for practically accomplishing this object or result, the same being particularly specified in the claim.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a sardine can embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal,vertical section; Fig. 3 is a cross section of the can body, showing the solder coating or film on its flange before the cover is applied.

Fig. 4: is a similar view, showing the cover applied and its flange folded over the solder coated flange of the body, and ready to be hermetically soldered thereto by simply applying heat to the projecting flanges of body and cover. Figs. 5 and 6 are plan and sectional views illustrating the fulcrum acting function of the laterally projecting flanges of the body and cover in the operation of opening the can with an ordinary can opener, and Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail vertical section through the soldered seam of the can. I

In the drawing, 1 represents the body, preferably a one piece seamless drawn body, of a rectangular rounded corner sardine can. The can body 1 has at its upper end an outstanding or laterally projecting seaming flange 2, which is preferably furnished with a film or coating of solder 3 fusibly united thereto before the can is filled, to adapt the cover-4 to be soldered thereto hermetically tight by the simple application of heat to the projecting seaming flanges of the body and cover.

p The cover 4 is an inverted countersunk one and has "an upright or opener wall 5 extending above the can body flange 2 and in line with the upright wall of the can body and which adapts the can to be readily opened with an ordinary can opener or. blade inserted through the same above the level of the fish or contents, as illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6, without disturbing or mutilating the contents of the can.

Theinverted countersunk cover 4 is also provided with a horizontal or outwardly projecting seam flange 6, the outer zone or portion 7 of which is turned or folded snugly around and under the outstanding flange 2 of the can body, thus forming this outer zone port-ion 7 into an inturned flange, and thereby firmly clamping the cover on the can body with its seam flange in close metal to metal contact with the solder coated seam flange 2 of the can body as shownin Fig. 4:. After the cover has thus been applied and secured to the body, heat s applied to the laterally projecting and mterfolded seam flanges of the body and. cover and the coating of solder between them fused, thus forming a hermetically tight soldered seam or joint between the cover and can body.

In practising my invention, I prefer to provide the can body flange with a coating of solder fusibly united thereto at the time the cans are manufactured and before they are filled with fish or other articles, as this enables the soldering to be done by a simple fusing or heat applying operation and renders it unnecessary to apply molten solder to the projecting seam flanges of the body and cover, as would be necessary to solder the two parts together in case the solder film was not first applied to the seam flange of one part before being interfolded with the seam flange of the other. But whether the solder is applied before or after the application of the cover to the body, the laterally projecting or outstanding seam flanges of the body and cover enable a hermetically tight soldered joint to be produced without injury to the contents of the can.

In the operation of opening the can with an ordinary can opener 8, such as shown in the drawing at Figs. 5 and 6, the blade of the can opener is first inserted through the upstanding opener wall 5 of the cover and then the interfolded outstanding seam flanges of the cover and body serve as a guide and fulcrum for the fulcrum shoulder 9 of the can opener to ride and rock upon. This enables the can to be very easily opened.-

I claim In a can, in combination, a drawn sheet metal body having an integral, outstanding, horizontal seam flange at its extreme upper edge adapted to receive a coating of solder, said body being adapted to receive and retain the entire contents of the can before the cover is applied thereto, an inverted, shallow, countersunk cover having an upright narrow opener wall, and a horizontal, outwardly projecting integral seam flange provided at its outermost portion with a single fold embracing the outstanding seam flange of the body, said flanges being soldered together and the solder being located between the two horizontal portions of the flanges, said folded seam flanges serving as a guide and fulcrum for the fulcrum shoulder of a can opener in opening the can, and the upright opener wall of the inverted countersunk cover serving to'enable the can to be opened with a single-blade can opener without the blade coming into contact with the contents of the can or disturbing the same, and wherebythe entire contents are retained by the body portion after the cover is cut off by the can opener.

WILLIAM E. TAYLOR.

l/Vitnesses:

L. H. NEWCOMB, J. E. SULLIVAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

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